Edward a



E A. UEHLING. Land Roller.

No. 96,513. Patented Nov. 2, 1869.

wiingsses N.FETER$, FHOTO-UTHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON! D. c.

ttend san EDWARD A. UEHLING, RIOHWOOD, WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No. 96,513, dated .Zi/Tovembar 2, 1869;

IMPROVEMENT IN LA ND-ROLLER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. -UEHLING, o Richwood, in the county of Dodge, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Land-Rollers; and do hereby declare that the fiallowing is a full, clear, and .exact'description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a rear elevation of my device, with the frame removed, vertically on 'a line with the centre of the hack rollers;

Figure-2 is a plan view of the same; and

Figures 3 and 4 are an enlarged side elevation and a vertical central section, respectively, of that portion of the fraine within which the inner ends of the rear rollers are journalh-d.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

My invention belongs to a class of devices termed land-rollers; and I It consists in the peculiar construction of the frame, and the arrangement therein of the rollers, together with the method of attaching said rollers to said frame, by means of which great lateral lleX- .ibility of the same is obtained, so as to enable them to conform readily'to the inequalities of the ground.

In the annexed drawing- A and A represent two horizontal parallel strips of wood, scoured together at their ends and centre by means of the cross-bars B and B. Y

Projecting downward from the centre, lengthwise of each cross-bar B, is a standard, 0, containing at its lower end a box, 0, in which is pivoted one journal of a roller, D.

The boxes within the outer standards are firmly secured in place, while those contained within the inner standards are placed in a vertical vslot, a, cor-' responding to their width, so as to allow said boxes to be raised or lowered above or belowthose upon the outside.

By this arrangement, it will be seen that the rollers D Dare allowed to conform to the undulations of the ground, but that theweight of the frame is supported by or upon the outer journals.

in order to counterlmlnnce the weight of saidframe, and produce an equal pressure upon either end of the rollers, the drivers seat E is secured, by memTs of an S'shaped spring, e, upon one end of a standard, F, which, passing downward between suit-. able guides, is pivoted, at its lower end, within an equalizer-bar, G, resting upon the upper side of the boxes 0' 0', by which means the weight of the driver is made available in accomplishing the desired result. I

Situated directly in. front of the rollers D D, is a third roller, H 'which is jonrnalled within' suitable boxes, secured in vertical standards, connected together attheir upper ends by a. strip, I.

Secured to and projecting forward from said stand: ards, are two cross-bars K K, which are connected together by means of a strip, -L, tenouetl in their front ends.

The pole M is secured to the strip L, and the whole connected to the rear frame by means-of a bar, N, which being attached to the strips A and A, at a right angle therewith, and strengthened by two angular braces 0 bolt, 12, passingdownward through the rear end of a brat-e, P, secured at its forward end to the pole, and through said bolt 02 into the strip I.

The pole, standards, 850., being strengthened by means of suitable angular-iron braces, the machine is'cornplete, and its operation is as follows:

Tire driver being in place uponthe seat E, and the machine driven fm'ward, the inner ends of the rear rollers will rise or fall, as maybe required to enable them to conform to the inequalities or undulations of the ground, by which means each portionof the surface travelled over by said rollers will be thoroughly and evenly pressed, while the space between their inner ends will be rolled by the forward roller H, which, being loosely pivoted to the rear frame, is also enabled to conform to the surface of the ground.

The drivers seat being elevated so much above the ground, the annoyance heretofore experienced from dust,while rolling afield, is entirely avoided, and the operation rendered as pleasant as any other con.- nected with the preparation for or planting of grain.

In addition to the advantages hereiubefore described, the machine is completely under control, and can be turned'with more case, and in a much smaller space, than an ordinary wagon and from the peculiar flexibility of the rollers, with reference to the frame, and their independent action, no grain will be dragged out by turning.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention,

What I claim as new, te'rs Patent, is-- 1. The devices employed for supporting the weight of the driver, and causing it to bear equally upon and desire to secureby Letthe inner ends, of the rollers D and D, consisting. of the standard F, supporting the seat E, and piv-' oted ati'ts lower end to the eqnalizerbar-G, rest- O, is pivoted at its-front end upon, a-

im u on the boxes 6' c substantiall as hereiu n p 7 y shown and described.

'2. Also, the'witlfin-doscribed land-roller, containing the rollers D D and H, jouruallerl within frames cmnpused of the strips A and A, cross-burs B and 13, standards 0, strip I, cross-bars K and K, strip L, bur N, braces U and O, and brace 1, and in combinatiun therewith, the seat E, standard F, and equalizerbar G, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim theirregoing, I have hereunto set guy hand, this 14th day t" August, 1869.

Witnesses;

J. (3. SMITH, H. A. WEDEMEYER.

EDWARD A. UEHLING. 

